Bellarmine
St. Robert Bellarmine, S.J. ( Italian ) Roberto Bellarmino born 4 Oct 1542, the son of noble but impoverished parents
Benedict XVI, Pope
He is the first pope to resign since Pope Gregory XII in 1415 and the first to do so on his own initiative since Pope Celestine V in 1294.
Blair, Archbishop
Arms: Or a cross Sable charged in chief with a key and sword in saltire wards and sword point upwards, in base a fleur de lis and in each flank a mullet all Argent; overall on an inescutcheon Gules a lion rampant Or holding in its sinister fore-paw a man’s heart Argent.
Blessed Virgin Mary
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God
Bonaventure, St.
St. Bonaventure, Giovanni di Fidanza, Cardinal Bishop of Albano born in 1221 near Viterbo, Italy
Bonzano 2
L to R Cardinal Bonzano and Cardinal Mundelein being driven in Chicago on the way to the Holy Name Cathedral in June 1926.
Bonzano, Cardinal
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano born on 27 September 1867 was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Apostolic Delegate to United States from 1912 to 1922, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1922.
Bosco
Saint John Bosco was born on 16 August 1815 in Becchi, Piedmont, Italy as Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco
Brigitta of Sweden
Arms: Gules a rose Or between two eagles’ wings Argent.
The shape of the wings is unique, but is copied from the late 13th century (1296) seal of her father, Birger Persson of Finsta, one of the great Swedish nobles of the day.
Caggiano
Frank Joseph Caggiano was born on 29 March 1959 in Brooklyn, NY